The US will open its doors to vaccinated international travelers starting Monday, welcoming finally visitors after 20 months of closure.
The US embassy in Morocco has already announced the new conditions set for Moroccan travelers.
Moroccans who want to access the US should provide a document proving their vaccination before their scheduled departure.
As for recognized anti-COVID-19 vaccines in the US, the American Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicated that the authorized vaccines are those approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), including Janssen, Pfizer-BioNTech, and Moderna, as well as those recognized by the WHO, including Sinopharm and AstraZeneca.
Fully vaccinated air travelers will continue to be required to show documentation of a pre-departure negative PCR test from a sample taken within three days of travel to the US before boarding.
However, the different states of the US don’t apply the same COVID-19 restrictions, for example, there are mask mandates in Hawaii, Illinois, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington, adding Washington, DC, and Puerto Rico also require masks in indoor public spaces.
As for the vaccine pass, twenty states in the US, many of which are Republican, have banned the use of vaccine passports in some form, while 10 states are currently using them, and several states remain undecided on the matter.
In some cities, including New York and San Francisco, there are vaccine requirements for indoor public spaces including restaurants.
Hawaii, which had some of the strictest entry requirements in the US, will now align with the new federal rules for international air travel. Although capacity restrictions in the state are easing, there are still some limits in place.
The state of New York was the first to impose a vaccine pass on August 03, followed by California and Hawaii.
The states of Colorado, Illinois, New Jersey, and Louisiana followed suit shortly after.
Many other states have banned COVID-19 passes, including Alabama, Alaska, Florida, Georgia, North Dakota, Texas, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Oklahoma.
Utah remains indecisive, even that it has banned the use of COVID vaccine passports, it still requires proof of vaccination to its population.
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